Originally Posted by
Philles/Motown Gary
You scared me, blueskies! I feared that I was gonna open your thread to learn that Albert Bailey had died. Thankfully, that wasn't the case! You're right, there have been precious few articles written about Faith, Hope & Charity over the years, considering they were Van McCoy's main group who provided gorgeous back-up vocals on Van's own albums as well as his 1970's productions on countless other artists in addition to 5 Van-produced albums of their own. They deserved to be far more successful on the pop/soul charts than they were. Faith, Hope & Charity were to Van McCoy what The Andantes were to Motown -- their back-up vocal blend instantly recognizable and an integral part of "the sound".
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